Damas Rugaba is a Rwandan man who spent his early years on his parent's cattle farm in Eastern Congo surrounded by extended family. Damas completed high school in Congo and worked as a pilot in Rwanda between 1994 and 2000 before leaving for Maine. He now has a family, is employed at UNUM, has an MBA, and is the head of the Rwandese Community Association of Maine, in Westbrook. Additionally, he is collaborating on a project to create a Maine Integration Center to serve as a centralized support for new immigrants to help them navigate the existing system and become ready to contribute to the greater community. Music by Muyango: "Impundu Iwanyu" and "Ibyiza By'urwanda" (The Beauty of Rwanda).